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And away we go! Mike, you are feeling rather philosophical today. How are your termites? Nice and healthy still I guess. I've been redoing the wood trim around my upstairs windows because I had the windows replaced and the new ones are a bit smaller. So no camping trips for quite a while. But I'll fix that this weekend. I'm not sure where to go, I have to pick somewhere away from the "last chance before school starts" crowd. Anyone ever heard of Hull Creek in California? |
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You can't go that far in California - no one can escape that crowd! I give up, where is Hull Creek? No, wait, I'll do a web search. It's is probably in one of those obscure camping guides isn't it? The little wood eaters have 7 days to live, and they don't even know it! Later, Mike |
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Just got my camper last Saturday; the Norcold refrigerator manual says it needs to be within 6 degrees of level front-to-back (side-to-side as mounted in the camper) and within 3 degrees side-to-side (front-to-back as mounted). What do you folks use to level your campers (chunks o' wood, "big lego blocks", etc.), and how do you tell you're "level enough"? |
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I started by putting a level on the refrig. Kept adding wood (2x6's) until the refrig was level. I then took a couple of small stick on levels and mounted them on the outside of the camper, one side to side, and the other front to back. I can now look at the exterior levels and guess how much wood to add where and get the camper level. It's only partly for the refrig, mostly for me - I don't sleep well when not level. Mike L |
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I have always dug holes to level my truck, but if you have air bags with on board controls you can use those to help level it. As far as being able to tell when I am level I put a center level in the frige,it is a level with a bubble in the middle that shows you level on on four sides. They work great and only cost a buck or two. John |
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I put the small levels on the outside of the camper so I can check the level without going into the camper. Also, since I have a popup camper, I would have to raise the top to see a level on the refrig or counter top. So I do it from the outside. I also have dug holes, but I carry 6 pieces of 2x6 for leveling and use them when I can. I've also used the airbags to raise the back when it is low and that is useful, but slow with my cheap little compressor. I can't convince myself to buy a real compressor for leveling. I have also used the camper jacks to raise the back of the camper. I don't have to lift the weight of the truck, just the camper. The back end will go up 3-4" before the camper lifts off the truck. Again, only useful when the back is low. Mike L |
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I have never had the problem of getting in and out of my camper to see if it was level,(WHAT THE HECK ARE WIFES FOR ANYWAY?)The only thing I don't like about the blocks besides the room they take up, is I don't most of the time they give enough ajustment to level your truck. My last trip to lake Powel for instance, they would never have worked. I had to dig some deep holes there to level my my truck. Thank my wife for suggesting we get the 4X4 option or we would have really had a hard time. John 0 |
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I use 2x4 cut about 18 inches long. I use them like a ramp, placing one or two perpindular and in front of the tire and then place another one under the tire and on top of the perpendilar ones and drive up it. I carry six with me, but sometimes come up short since I have six tires (duallys). I try to park so the back end is lower if the ground is not level. That way, I will block the front and use less wood. I confess that I don't worry about getting it completely level, only close enough to be comfortable. My friend has a level mounted on the outside of his camper as recommended above. I think I'll do the same. Just got back from an extended four day weekend. I had a friend fly up from Seattle. We camped at the Russian River on Friday night. Clear night, lots of stars. Temp on Saturday morning was a brisk 35 degrees. The sun was out all day and the temps warmed up to close to 70. We met up with another friend of mine and floated the upper Kenai, catching dolly varden, rainbow trout, and some old red salmon who were on their last legs. They put up a decent fight, but definitely were too bruised up for keeping. The keepers were out of the river several weeks ago. We were only planning to catch and release on the float. My friend is an avid fly fisher and had a lot of fun. We drove over to Seward on Saturday evening. On Sunday, we hooked up with another friend and went out on a boat in Resurrection Bay. The water was calm in the Bay, but we couldn't get out of the Bay because there were 4-7 foot seas. We had hoped for a chance at some halibut, but got skunked. My friend and I walked to the Yukon Bar in Seward and watched Hobo Jim. He's the Alaskan Jimmy Buffet. Great show. Late night, as we closed the bar. Severe headache Monday morning. Despite the late night, we were fishing by 9am. We decided to try our luck from the banks of the beaches in Seward. Resurrection Bay is salt water and snagging is not only legal, it's the mode of catching fish. I had never been a big snagging fan, but what a blast. The limit is six silvers per day. This was one of those days when Lady Luck was smiling on us. The fish were in thick. Still, I only saw a few fish on the banks.....until my friend and I dropped our lines. He caught two and then I caught four before he caught another one. He lost three of our four snag hooks, so we started filleting our fish, figuring we'd go grab breakfast, buy some hooks and fish some more. While my friend was cleaning his fish, I decided to drop my line. Within 15 minutes, I had my final two fish and was done for the day in less than two hours of fishing. My friend caught his two a few hours later. We probably spent more time cleaning and packaging the fish than we did fishing for them. These were big silvers. I had a scale and they all weighed 13-14 pounds. Most of the ones I catch up north are in the 8-10 pound range. Needless to say, a dozen fish that size is a nice amount of fish. We headed back to Anchorage Monday afternoon, put the fish in the freezer and headed north to Sheep Creek. We tried our luck there on Tuesday morning, but the water was lower than I have ever seen it and we didn't see any fish. We headed back to town and got him packed. Around 7pm, we headed up to Portgage Glacier and Alyeska Ski Resort and then on to the airport a little after midnight. He caught the red eye back to Seattle with a cooler full of frozen salmon, including a red and some king I gave him that I had caught earlier in the season. My freezer has a comfortable amount of salmon to get me through the winter. It was a great weekend, albeit an exhausting one. I had to come back to work to get some rest. I wouldn't trade it for anything. You know the saying, a bad day fishing is better than the best day at work. |
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Boy Brutus, you do keep busy. That was one full weekend. What is snagging? |
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When I was a kid, my dad took me fishing at Chilko Lake up in B.C. I seem to remember that the Dolly Varden in that lake were extremely efficient at busting people's 15 and 20 lb. lines. |
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